JP4342117B2 - Cooking recipe information provision method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is configured to be communicable with a terminal on the user side via a communication network, and recipe information of a predetermined dish extracted from a recipe information database is transmitted to the user side terminal via the communication network. The present invention relates to a cooking recipe information providing method that is executed by a cooking recipe information providing system that can be transmitted.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The cooking recipe information providing system as described above is capable of accessing a recipe information database storing a plurality of recipe information related to cooking recipes (such as cooking ingredients and cooking methods) and between a client terminal such as a personal computer on the user side. It is configured by a server device that can communicate via a communication network such as the Internet. And the said cooking recipe information provision method is performed in the cooking recipe provision site which provides recipe information to a user side by displaying recipe information on a user terminal.
Specifically, the dish recipe information providing system displays a list of recommended dishes for each category such as main dishes, side dishes, and soups on the terminal of the user who has accessed the dish recipe providing site. Then, the user can request the dish recipe information providing system to recognize the dish by selecting the dish desired to be disclosed from the dish displayed on the terminal with a point tool such as a mouse. A signal is transmitted. Then, the dish recipe information providing system extracts recipe information of the selected dish from the recipe information database based on the received request signal, and transmits the extracted recipe information to the user terminal. The recipe is displayed on the terminal.
With the cooking recipe provision site managed by such a cooking recipe information provision system, the user can save time and trouble such as searching for a cooking recipe from purchased cookbooks, etc., and refer to many cooking recipes can do.
[0003]
In addition, in this way, the cooking recipe information providing system includes information on the cooking recipe displayed on the user's terminal and information on the control parameters such as the set temperature and operating time of a predetermined cooking appliance such as an oven as recipe information. It can be configured to transmit to the user's terminal.
That is, the cooking recipe information providing system transmits the recipe information requested by the user to the user terminal connected to the cooking appliance or built in the cooking appliance, and the user terminal While displaying the cooking recipe in the received recipe information, the said control parameter is transferred to a cooking appliance. Then, when the user performs automatic cooking with a cooking device such as an oven according to the cooking recipe displayed on the terminal, the user simply starts the cooking device, and the cooking device automatically performs based on the received control parameter. Cooking is done.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For example, when the user accesses the cooking recipe providing site, acquires recipe information of a certain dish, and cooks the main dish according to the cooking recipe displayed on the terminal, the cooking device automatically cooks. There are cases in which the user wants to cook a side dish by effectively using the time during which the user does not perform any particular work. In this case, once again access the above-mentioned dish recipe providing site, refer to the dish list of the side dishes, determine what kind of dish is preferable as the side dish, and transmit recipe information of the dish serving as the side dish To the above-mentioned cooking recipe information providing system side, and the recipe information of the side dish is obtained, but if the support for the user's selection of the side dish can be performed on the cooking recipe information providing system side, use The user can be promoted to use the cooking recipe providing site.
Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a technique that can further promote the use of the dish recipe information providing system by supporting the user's selection of side dishes in the dish recipe information providing method. It aims to be realized.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[Configuration 1]
The cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention extracts the first recipe information of the first cooking from the recipe information database based on the request signal received from the terminal on the user side as described in claim 1. A first recipe information extraction step;
While sequentially executing the first recipe information transmission step of transmitting the first recipe information extracted in the first recipe information extraction step to the user side terminal,
In accordance with the first recipe information extracted by the first recipe information extraction step, the interval time recognizing step recognized as interim time is an operating time in the first cooking dishes cooking appliance to automatically cook the first dish ,
A second dish search step of searching from the recipe information database for a second dish that can be cooked at the interval time recognized in the interval time recognition step;
The second dish information transmitting step of transmitting the second dish information related to the second dish searched in the second dish search step to the user terminal is sequentially performed.
[0006]
[Function and effect]
The cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present invention method), as in the present configuration, is similar to the conventional cooking recipe providing site, first, the first recipe information extraction step and the first recipe. The information transmission process is executed in order. That is, the selected first dish is accessed from the terminal of the user who accesses the dish recipe providing site and selects the first dish for which recipe information is desired to be disclosed from a list of first dishes such as main dishes. A request signal that can be recognized is transmitted. Then, the dish recipe information providing system extracts the first recipe information of the first dish from the recipe information database based on the received request signal, and transmits the first recipe information to the user terminal. Then, the terminal on the user side outputs the received first recipe information by screen display or voice output.
[0007]
Furthermore, the method of the present invention extracts the first recipe information of the first dish to be transmitted to the terminal on the user side from the recipe information database in this way, and during the cooking of the first dish in the interval time recognition step, Times such as an automatic cooking time using a cooking device or a time when other users sometimes do not work are recognized from the first recipe information. Then, in the second dish search step, the second dish that can be cooked in the interval time during cooking of the first dish thus recognized is searched from the recipe information database, and in the second dish search step, Thus, the second dish information such as the list of the names of the retrieved second dishes or the recipe information thereof is transmitted to the terminal on the user side.
[0008]
In this way, according to the method of the present invention, in order for the user to cook the main dish or the like, the terminal on the user side that has received the first recipe information of the first dish serving as the main dish has the first dish. The second dish information such as a list of second dishes such as side dishes that can be cooked using the interval time during cooking or recipe information thereof is received and output, so the user refers to the second dish information. Thus, the side dish or the like can be determined, and the second dish can be cooked by making effective use of the time between the cooking of the first dish.
Therefore, according to the method of the present invention, it is possible to effectively support the user's selection determination of the second dish such as side dishes, and further promote the use of the dish recipe information providing system.
[0009]
[Configuration 2]
As described in claim 2, the cooking recipe information provision according to the present invention is searched in the second cooking information search step in the second cooking information transmission step in addition to the configuration of the cooking recipe information provision method of the first configuration. The plurality of list information of the second dish is transmitted to the user side terminal as the second dish information, and the second recipe of the second dish selected from the list information at the user side terminal The information is transmitted to the user terminal.
[0010]
[Function and effect]
In particular, when there are a plurality of second dishes to be searched in the second dish search step, the dish recipe information providing system first has a list of names of the plurality of second dishes in the above-described second dish information transmission step. It is preferable to send the list information to the terminal on the user side. Since such a list information has a smaller data size than that including each recipe information, the list information is instantly transmitted to the terminal on the user side. It can be sent.
And after determining the 2nd dish which a user wishes to disclose recipe information from the list information displayed on the terminal on the user side and selecting the second dish, the dish recipe information providing system selects the second dish. The second recipe information of the second dish can be transmitted to the terminal on the user side, and it is not necessary to transmit the recipe information of the other second dish in the list information, thus saving the transmission time Can do.
[0011]
[Configuration 3]
In addition to the configuration of the cooking recipe information providing method of the above configuration 1 or 2, the first recipe information includes a control parameter of a predetermined cooking appliance, as described in claim 3. Including
The user terminal can transfer the control parameter in the first recipe information received from the cooking recipe information providing system to the cooking appliance, and recognizes the start of operation based on the control parameter of the cooking appliance. The operation start signal can be transmitted to the cooking recipe information providing system,
The cooking recipe information providing system executes the second cooking information transmission step after receiving the operation start signal.
[0012]
[Function and effect]
When the terminal on the user side is connected to or built in a predetermined cooking appliance such as an oven and is configured to transmit and receive the control parameter and the operation start signal to and from the cooking appliance, Thus, in order to execute the method of the present invention, the cooking recipe information providing system first transmits the first recipe information of the first cooking, and the cooking device on the user side operates based on the control parameter in the first recipe information. After confirming that the operation has been started by receiving the operation start signal, the second dish information transmission step can be executed.
That is, in order for the user to cook the first dish such as the main dish, the first recipe information of the first dish is received, the first dish is actually cooked, and the first recipe information When the automatic cooking of the predetermined cooking appliance is started based on the control parameter, the user's terminal has the second cooking relating to the second cooking that can be cooked in the interval time such as the automatic cooking time of the cooking appliance. The information will be output, and the user will prepare the second dish such as a side dish that can be cooked in the interval time such as the automatic cooking time by the cooking device with reference to the second dish information output in a timely manner. You can start immediately.
[0013]
[Configuration 4]
As described in claim 4, the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention is searched for in the second cooking search step in addition to the cooking recipe information providing method of any one of the first to third configurations. It is preferable that a 2nd dish is a thing which does not utilize the cooking appliance utilized by the cooking of the said 1st dish in the said interval time.
[0014]
[Function and effect]
Like this structure, the said 2nd dish which can be cooked using the interval time of the 1st dish searched in the said 2nd dish search process is utilized in the cooking of the 1st dish recognized in the said interval time recognition process. By not using the cooking equipment that is used, the second dish that can be cooked in the interim time when the first dish is automatically cooked by the cooking equipment and does not need to use the cooking equipment is proposed to the user The user can cook the second dish using another cooking device or the like during the interval.
[0015]
[Configuration 5]
As described in claim 5, the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention is searched in the second cooking search step in addition to the cooking recipe information providing method according to any one of the first to fourth configurations. It is preferable that the second dish has a predetermined combination attribute relationship with the first dish.
[0016]
[Function and effect]
As in this configuration, in the second dish search step, to search for the second dish that can be cooked using the time between the first dishes, for example, when the first dish is a main dish, When the first dish is a meat dish, the second dish has a predetermined combination attribute relationship with the first dish, such as when the first dish is a meat dish. The user can propose a second dish with a well-balanced combination with respect to the first dish.
[0017]
[Configuration 6]
In the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention, as described in claim 6, the terminal on the user side recognizes the operating time of a predetermined cooking appliance for automatically cooking the first food, and outputs an operating time signal. It is configured to be able to transmit to the cooking recipe information providing system,
From the operation time signal received from the terminal on the user side, an interval time recognition step for recognizing the interval time that is the operation time of the cooking appliance;
A second dish search step of searching from the recipe information database for a second dish that can be cooked at the interval time recognized in the interval time recognition step;
It is preferable to sequentially execute a second dish information transmitting step of transmitting information related to the second dish searched in the dish information searching step to the user terminal.
[0018]
[Function and effect]
A terminal on the user side is connected to or built in a predetermined cooking appliance such as an oven, and an operating time signal capable of recognizing the operating time of the cooking appliance that automatically cooks the first dish with the cooking appliance. In the method of the present invention, as in the present configuration, in the time interval recognition step, the user uses the cooking device to make the first dish from the operation time signal received from the user terminal. The operation time of the cooking appliance, which is the time for performing automatic cooking, is recognized as the intermission time when the user does not sometimes work. Then, in the dish information search step, the second dish that can be cooked in the time interval thus recognized is searched from the recipe information database, and the second dish information such as the name of the second dish or the recipe information is obtained. In the cooking information extracting step, the information is transmitted to the user terminal.
[0019]
As described above, when the user performs automatic cooking using the cooking appliance in order to cook the first dish such as the main dish by the method of the present invention, the terminal on the user side automatically cooks the cooking appliance. Since the cooking information such as a list of second dishes such as side dishes that can be cooked using the interval time within the time or recipe information thereof is received and output, the user can refer to the dish information for the side dishes. In addition, it is possible to cook the dish using the above-mentioned interval time effectively.
Therefore, according to the method of the present invention, it is possible to effectively support the user's selection and determination of side dishes and further promote the use of the cooking recipe information providing system.
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of a cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a cooking recipe information providing system 20 for executing a cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention, and a cooking recipe providing site managed by the cooking information providing system 20 via an Internet network 10 as a communication network. It is the figure which showed the relationship with the personal computer 2 (an example of a user terminal) of the user 1 side which can be accessed.
[0021]
The cooking recipe information providing system 20 includes a host server 21 configured to be able to communicate with the personal computer 2 on the user 1 side via the Internet network 10 and a number of dishes such as main dishes, side dishes, and soup. A recipe information database (recipe information DB) 22 storing recipe information such as ingredients and cooking methods is provided.
[0022]
The cooking recipe site managed by the cooking recipe information providing system 20 provides information related to the cooking recipe to the personal computer 2 on the user 1 side, like the conventional cooking recipe providing site. That is, as shown in the flowchart of the cooking recipe information providing method executed by the cooking recipe information providing system 20 shown in FIG. 2, the host server 21 of the cooking recipe information providing system 20 sends the dish to the personal computer 2 on the user 1 side. Display a list of each category. And the user 1 selects the 1st dish which is a dish which wants to provide recipe information from the dish list on the personal computer 2, and is transmitted from the personal computer 2 to the dish recipe information providing system 20 side. A request signal is received and the 1st recipe information extraction process which extracts the 1st recipe information of the 1st dish recognized by the request signal from recipe information DB22 is performed. And the dish recipe information provision system 20 performs the 1st recipe information transmission process which transmits the 1st recipe information extracted at the 1st dish extraction process to the personal computer 2 of the user 1 side via the internet network 10, As described above, the personal computer 2 that has received the first recipe information displays the recipe information on a display or the like, or outputs it by voice or the like.
[0023]
Furthermore, in this embodiment, the recipe information stored in the recipe information DB 22 and transmitted to the personal computer 2 of the user 1 includes control parameters such as the heating temperature and operating time of a predetermined cooking appliance 3 such as an oven. It is supposed to be. And the cooking appliance 3 is connectable with the personal computer 2, and is comprised so that the operation | movement based on the control parameter can be received by receiving the control parameter in the recipe information received and transferred by the personal computer 2 in this way. In addition, the personal computer 2 is configured to transmit an operation start signal to the host server 21 when the operation of the cooking appliance 3 based on such control parameters is started.
[0024]
In addition, the personal computer 2 that transfers the control parameters received from the cooking recipe information providing system 20 to the cooking device 3 such as an oven can be configured as a terminal built in the cooking device, and is further built in the cooking device. When the recipe information is received at the terminal, the cooking recipe as the recipe information can be displayed on the display screen of the cooking appliance. The personal computer 2 can also be configured as a home server that is connected to a plurality of cooking devices, air conditioning devices, and other devices owned by the user 1 and controls each device.
[0025]
Next, the characteristic configuration of the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the cooking recipe information providing system 20 performs the first recipe information extracting step and the first recipe information transmitting step in the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention, and In the first recipe information extraction step, after the recipe information of the first dish such as the main dish is transmitted to the personal computer 2 or after receiving the operation start signal regarding the operation start of the cooking device 3 from the personal computer 2 on the user 1 side. A time interval recognition process for recognizing the time interval during cooking of the first dish is executed from the extracted first recipe information. Specifically, during cooking of the first dish, when there is automatic cooking by the cooking device 3 such as an oven, the time required for automatic cooking of the cooking device 3 is recognized as an intermission time during which the user 1 does not perform any particular work. To do.
[0026]
Next, the dish recipe information providing system 20 searches the recipe information database for second dish information related to second dishes such as side dishes that can be cooked at the interval time recognized in the interval time recognition step. Execute.
Specifically, in the second dish search step, cooking can be performed in the time between the recognized user 1 side. For example, when the first dish is a dish cooked by an oven, a dish that can be cooked on a stove is used. The second dish that can be cooked by a cooking device different from the first dish is searched from the recipe information DB 22.
[0027]
Then, the dish recipe information providing system 20 sends the second dish information, which is a list of a plurality of or a single second dish searched as described above or recipe information thereof, to the user 1 side via the Internet network 10. The 2nd dish information transmission process transmitted to personal computer 2 is performed.
[0028]
Thus, the user who received the 1st recipe information of the 1st dish used as the main dish in order for the user 1 to cook main dishes etc. by performing the cooking recipe information provision method concerning the present invention. The first-side personal computer 2 receives and displays second dish information such as a list of second dishes such as side dishes that can be cooked using the time between cooking of the first dish or recipe information thereof. Therefore, the user 1 can determine a side dish etc. with reference to the second dish information, and can cook the second dish by effectively using the time between cooking the first dish. .
[0029]
Further, when the personal computer 2 of the user 1 is connected to the cooking device 3 and the cooking device 3 is started to operate, an operating time signal that allows the cooking device 3 to recognize the operating time is transmitted to the personal computer 2 and the Internet network 10. When the recipe information is transmitted to the host server 21 on the dish recipe information providing system 20 side, the dish recipe information providing system 20 may execute the following dish recipe information providing method. it can.
[0030]
That is, the cooking recipe information providing system 20 uses the operation time of the cooking device 3 that can be recognized from the operation time signal that can recognize the operation time of the cooking device 3 in the above-described interval time recognition step. Recognize as time.
And based on the interval time, the above-mentioned 2nd dish information extraction process and the 2nd dish information transmission process are performed, and a plurality or single 2nd dish which can be cooked in the interval time in the automatic cooking time by cooking appliance 3 The second dish information, such as the list of recipes or the recipe information thereof, can be transmitted to the personal computer 2 on the user 1 side via the Internet network 10, and the second dish information is displayed on the personal computer 2. Become.
Then, the user 1 refers to the second cooking information displayed on the personal computer 2 after driving the cooking device 3 in this way, and uses the interval during which the cooking device 3 is in operation, such as a side dish. The second dish can be cooked.
[0031]
Note that the recipe information stored in the recipe information DB 22 is information including the name of the dish, the displayed dish recipe, the cooking time and interval time of the dish, and the control parameters of the cooking device 3.
[0032]
Next, in the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention, the second cooking search step and the second cooking when the macaroni gratin recipe information as the first cooking is transmitted to the personal computer 2 on the user 1 side. The 2nd dish information transmitted to user's 1 personal computer 2 by performing an information transmission process is explained.
That is, the interval time during cooking of the macaroni gratan recognized in the interval time recognition step is 15 minutes for automatic heating cooking by the oven. Therefore, in the second dish search step, the recipe information DB 17 Search for a plurality of second dishes that can be cooked within 15 minutes plus 5 minutes and that use a stove other than an oven.
Then, the second dish information transmitted in the second dish information transmission step is displayed on the personal computer 2 as a table classified for each of the searched second dish ingredients as shown in FIG. Furthermore, items within 15 minutes that are the automatic cooking time of the oven 3 will be displayed highlighted by shading or bolding, etc., and the user 2 will see from the table of the second dish displayed in this way. The side dish to be actually cooked is determined, and the side dish is selected on the personal computer 2 by using a point tool such as a mouse, so that the recipe information of the side dish is received from the cooking recipe information providing system.
In FIG. 3, a plurality of second dishes are divided and displayed according to the classification of cooking time every 5 minutes, but the cooking time may be divided more finely.
[0033]
The cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention is executed by a computer process in the host server 21, and the CPU of the host server 21 executes a computer program stored in a ROM or other program storage medium. . Specifically, a program for executing the steps of the cooking recipe information providing method according to the present invention is stored in a program storage medium such as a magnetic or optical storage device, and stored in the storage medium. The method of the present invention is realized by loading the program into the ROM of the host server 21 and then executing the program by the CPU of the host server 21. Here, the program storage medium may be a fixed storage medium built in or external to the computer, or a storage medium such as a portable CD-ROM or floppy disk. The ROM also becomes the program storage medium when the program is loaded.
[0034]
[Another embodiment]
Next, another embodiment of the cooking recipe information providing method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<1> In the above-described embodiment, the predetermined cooking device 3 is an oven. Alternatively, a microwave oven, a rice cooker, a stove, a grill, an oven toaster, or the like can be used as the predetermined cooking device. Moreover, although the said intermission time was made into the cooking time using the cooking appliance of the 1st cooking, it can also be made into the intermission time the waiting time etc. in which a user does nothing especially work in the 1st cooking.
[0035]
<2> In the above embodiment, the personal computer 2 is used as a terminal on the user 1 side that can access the cooking recipe providing site managed by the cooking information providing system 20 via the Internet network 10 as a communication network. Such a terminal on the user side is provided in a mobile phone configured to be accessible to the Internet network 10, a portable electronic terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or a kitchen on the user side. You can also use a kitchen remote control.
[0036]
<3> In the cooking recipe information providing method of the present invention, the first dish and the second dish that can be cooked using the time between cooking are main dish and side dish, main dish and soup, side dish It is preferable that the food has different food classifications such as vegetable and soup, or meat and vegetable dishes, and the user can cook a balanced combination of dishes.
Furthermore, it is preferable that the first dish and the second dish are both Japanese dishes, Western dishes, or Chinese dishes, and the second dish that is consistent with the first dish can be proposed to the user. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooking recipe information providing system. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of an embodiment of a cooking recipe information providing method. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a second cooking.
1 User 2 Personal computer (terminal on the user side)
3 Cooking equipment 10 Internet network (communication network)
20 Cooking Recipe Information Providing System 21 Host Server 22 Recipe Information Database

Claims (6)

It is configured to be able to communicate with a user terminal via a communication network, and recipe information of a predetermined dish extracted from a recipe information database can be transmitted to the user terminal via the communication network. A cooking recipe information providing method executed by a cooking recipe information providing system,
A first recipe information extracting step for extracting first recipe information of a first dish from the recipe information database based on a request signal received from the user terminal;
While sequentially executing the first recipe information transmission step of transmitting the first recipe information extracted in the first recipe information extraction step to the user side terminal,
In accordance with the first recipe information extracted by the first recipe information extraction step, the interval time recognizing step of recognizing the operation time in the first cooking dishes cooking appliance to automatically cook the first dish as interim time,
A second dish search step of searching from the recipe information database for a second dish that can be cooked at the interval time recognized in the interval time recognition step;
A cooking recipe information providing method for sequentially executing a second cooking information transmitting step of transmitting second cooking information related to the second cooking searched in the second cooking search step to the user terminal. In the second dish information transmitting step, a plurality of list information of the second dish searched in the second dish search step is transmitted to the user side terminal as the second dish information, and the user side The cooking recipe information providing method according to claim 1, wherein second recipe information of the second dish selected from the list information at the terminal is transmitted to the terminal of the user. The first recipe information includes control parameters for a predetermined cooking appliance,
The user terminal can transfer the control parameter in the first recipe information received from the cooking recipe information providing system to the cooking appliance, and recognizes the start of operation based on the control parameter of the cooking appliance. The operation start signal can be transmitted to the cooking recipe information providing system,
The cooking recipe information providing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cooking recipe information providing system executes the second cooking information transmission step after receiving the operation start signal.   The said 2nd dish searched in the said 2nd dish search process is a thing which does not use the cooking appliance utilized by the cooking of the said 1st dish in the said interval time. Cooking recipe information provision method.   The dish recipe information according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second dish searched in the second dish search step has a predetermined combination attribute relationship with the first dish. How to provide. A cooking recipe that is configured to be communicable with a terminal on the user side via a communication network and that can transmit recipe information of a predetermined dish extracted from a recipe information database to the user terminal via the communication network. A cooking recipe information providing method executed by an information providing system,
The terminal on the user side is configured to recognize an operation time of a predetermined cooking appliance that automatically cooks the first dish, and to transmit an operation time signal to the cooking recipe information providing system,
From the operation time signal received from the terminal on the user side, an interval time recognition step for recognizing the interval time that is the operation time of the cooking appliance;
A second dish search step of searching from the recipe information database for a second dish that can be cooked at the interval time recognized in the interval time recognition step;
A cooking recipe information providing method for sequentially executing a second cooking information transmitting step of transmitting information related to the second cooking searched in the cooking information searching step to the terminal on the user side.

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